Memorial to honour victims of vintage plane crash

The south-east Queensland aviation community will gather today in Brisbane to celebrate the lives of six people killed in a vintage plane crash on the Sunshine Coast.

The 1930s de Havilland Dragon crashed into the side of a hill near Imbil, south of Gympie, 11 days ago.

Those killed in the accident were pilot Desmond Porter, 68, and his wife Cath Porter, 61, from Tingalpa in Brisbane's east; John Dawson, 63, and his wife Carol Dawson, 63, also from Tingalpa and Les D'evlin, 75, and his wife Janice D'evlin, 61, from Manly West.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm (AEST) today at the Minippi Parklands at Tingalpa on Brisbane's eastside to honour the six victims.

Organiser Nicole Salisbury lost her aunty in the accident.

"The most tragic thing about this has been that all six people were so very close," she said.

"A lot of the community were tied to all of them."

She says there will be mixed emotions for those attending.

"The crash site is still ongoing in terms of an investigation," she said.

"There will still be some time before a funeral is held for any of those who have passed.

"The memorial event will do a great deal to help them come together with family and friends and mourn, and celebrate the lives of those that were lost."

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